On May 31st, 2012 the Maxwell family boarded a plane and moved to Swaziland to live at Project Canaan. I hope to update my blog on Saturday mornings and share, as honestly as I can, the highs and lows of our life in Africa. We are living on a farm in a remote part of this tiny Kingdom and are serving the community as well as the orphans and vulnerable children of the nation. The 365 day count down started on June 1st, 2011, but the real journey begins now. Thanks for joining us.

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Saturday, April 23, 2016

What to say when there is nothing to say?

This week I don’t really have anything to tell you.Ian and I went away last weekend for much
needed rest by the Indian Ocean and just ate and slept for a few days.It was just what the Doctor ordered and
we are back refreshed and ready for what comes next.

When we got back we celebrated Naomi’s 2nd birthday.
I just LOVE how each child gets their own birthday cake and each cake is cuter
than the one before.The Aunties
take very special care to make sure that everyone knows whose birthday it is
that day, all day, and you can hear “Happy birthday to you” sung on and off
throughout the day if you are close by.They also put so much love in to dressing up each birthday child complete with a
special hair-do, special clothes and of course the perfect shoes.It’s all done with such love, it can
bring you to tears.

As I sit and overlook the farm, with nothing growing right
now because of the drought, I still give thanks for the land that He has
provided and all the people He has sent to make Project Canaan a place of hope.

We have 117 children who now call Project Canaan home.When I sit quietly to think about that,
and pray for them, I am simply overwhelmed by the craziness of what we are
doing.Ian and I often look at
each other and just shake our heads and say, “This is nuts!”But that feeling of inadequacy and the
size of the responsibility always serve to remind us that this assignment is
not possible with out our heavenly Father.We could not do what we do without His hand of protection,
guidance and provision each and every day.

Last night Ian said to me, “I feel such joy these days. I
don’t know what it is, I just feel joy, like I have never felt before.”

Friends, total surrender and all that it entails, is worth
it to hear your husband say those words.